Knowledge Specialist - Marketing & Sales
McKinsey & Company
Marketing & Communications, Sales & Business Development
Shanghai, China
Posted on Oct 30, 2024
Knowledge Specialist - Marketing & Sales
Job ID: 92887
Do you want to do work that matters, alongside supportive leaders who will help you grow faster than you ever thought possible? Are you a creative problem-solver who is energized by challenges? You’ve come to the right place.
Who You'll Work With
You’ll work with McKinsey China Client Capability Center, the research arm of McKinsey's Greater China Office and part of McKinsey's global Knowledge Network, which is based in Shanghai.
Your impact within our firm
You'll articulate, scope, and prioritize research needs, and identify and gather relevant company, industry, and economic information using a broad spectrum of appropriate sources.
You'll be responsible for providing analyses and expertise suggestions of marketing and sales-related client service topics, such as new product development, consumer insights, brand and product propositioning, pricing, and presenting the insights to clients in McKinsey standard.
You'll be an important source of intellectual insight on a client project, framing business problems in a way that the team can then execute to drive impact and client value. Specifically, you'll be responsible for identifying and developing new client opportunities to advise companies on transformational change and capability building, leading confirmed engagements on day-to-day problem solving, team management, and client management, bringing in deep functional knowledge, expertise, and proprietary tools to every client situation.
Lastly, you'll have the chance to leverage internal and external networks, engage in team problem solving, share evolving business trends and best practices, and contribute to knowledge creation initiatives.
Your qualifications and skills
- Graduate or post-graduate degree in business, marketing, statistics, economics, management, media, or mathematics; MBA with a strong quantitative background is a plus
- 8+ years of work experience in marketing and sales-related functions; a strong sales background is preferred
- Solid understanding of marketing and sales, eCommerce, as well as economic, financial, and general business concepts and terminologies; preferred experience in the fast moving consumer goods industry
- Excellent people skills
- Professional in client-facing context
- Excellent communication skills in English and Mandarin (both oral and written)
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Job Skill Code - KS - Knowledge Specialist
Function - Marketing & Sales
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Posted to LinkedIn Date - Mon Sep 18 00:00:00 GMT 2023
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Job Skill Code - KS - Knowledge Specialist
Function - Marketing & Sales
Industry -
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Mon Sep 18 00:00:00 GMT 2023
LinkedIn Posting City - Shanghai
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - China
LinkedIn Job Title - Knowledge Specialist - Marketing & Sales
LinkedIn Function - Consulting;Marketing;Sales
LinkedIn Industry - Consumer Goods;Dairy;Food & Beverages
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level